﻿FISHES. 
  

  

  235 
  

  

  Genus 
  CRENILABRUS, 
  Cuvier. 
  

   Crenilabrus 
  melops, 
  Guv. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  name 
  "Crenilabrus 
  tinea, 
  the 
  Conner," 
  Parnell 
  

   says 
  : 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  rocky 
  parts 
  of 
  Prestonpans, 
  North 
  Berwick, 
  

   Largo, 
  and 
  Burntisland 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  infrequently 
  met 
  with." 
  

  

  Gordon, 
  in 
  his 
  Fauna 
  of 
  Moray, 
  mentions 
  the 
  " 
  Gilt-head, 
  

   Crenilabrus 
  melops, 
  found 
  at 
  Stotfield, 
  1838, 
  often 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  

   the 
  Firth— 
  (Mr. 
  Martin)." 
  

  

  Edward, 
  in 
  the 
  Naturalist, 
  vol. 
  v., 
  p. 
  59, 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  his 
  

   "Life" 
  by 
  Smiles, 
  simply 
  uses 
  the 
  word 
  "rare" 
  in 
  reference 
  

   to 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  Genus 
  CTENOLABRUS, 
  Cuvier. 
  

  

  Ctenolabrus 
  rupestris, 
  Cuv. 
  

  

  " 
  Specimens 
  are 
  occasionally 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth 
  

   washed 
  ashore 
  after 
  strong 
  easterly 
  gales." 
  (Parnell.) 
  "I 
  

   have 
  only 
  seen 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood." 
  

   (Edward.) 
  

  

  Genus 
  CENTROLABRUS, 
  Gilnther. 
  

  

  [Centrolabrus 
  exoletus, 
  Gilnther. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  name 
  Acantholdbrus 
  exoletus, 
  Small-mouthed 
  

   Wrasse, 
  Edward 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  Only 
  one 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  fish 
  as 
  

   yet 
  came 
  under 
  my 
  notice, 
  and 
  that 
  one 
  was 
  captured 
  off 
  

   Troup 
  Head."] 
  

  

  Order 
  ANACANTHINI. 
  

   Family 
  GADIDiE, 
  Cuvier. 
  

   Genus 
  GAD 
  US, 
  Cuvier. 
  

  

  Gadus 
  morhua,Z^. 
  Cod. 
  "Pullach." 
  "KeelinV 
  "CodlinV 
  

   "Dole-fish." 
  "Haberdine." 
  

  

  Abundant 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  of 
  Scotland, 
  and 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  most 
  valued 
  food 
  fishes. 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  subject 
  to 
  

   hermaphroditism. 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  specimen 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  milt 
  and 
  

   roe 
  are 
  well 
  developed. 
  

  

  